.: Discussion of Pahatha Mahalaya

A discussion of “Pahatha Mahalaya” civil society forum

discussion of “Pahatha Mahalaya” civil society forum was held on 26/27 of January 2019 at Nafso office, Negombo. National Convener of nafso Mr. Herman Kumara and Miss. Deepa Subashine, Mr.Priyankara Costha, Mr. Auruna Roshantha, Rev.father Sherad, Mr. Chinthaka Rajapaksha the members of pahatha mahalaya participated for the discussion.

The discussion was centered on developing on state of grassroot level people strengthen and relationship likeminded organization improve people base activity. The development of short term and longtime objectives for the pahatha mahalaya forum was highlighted.

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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Discussion of Pahatha Mahalaya